SCOTT ABRAHAMS
Tracking down The Bobby Goldsmith
Foundation’s $1.
3 million in ‘other
expenses’ was as simple as paying a
$5.
50 membership fee and asking to
inspect the charity’s financial accounts.
SydneyStarObservermadetherequest
to BGF CEO Bev Lange...
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SCOTT ABRAHAMS
Tracking down The Bobby Goldsmith
Foundation’s $1.
3 million in ‘other
expenses’ was as simple as paying a
$5.
50 membership fee and asking to
inspect the charity’s financial accounts.
SydneyStarObservermadetherequest
to BGF CEO Bev Lange after claims last
week the NSW Office of Liquor, Gaming
and Racing (OLGR) had been asked to
investigate the HIV charity’s expenses
after months of “failed attempts .
.
.
to
have that CEO, her treasurer or auditors
disclose where the money had in fact
been spent”.
Gainingaccesstothefinancialrecords
was as straightforward as becoming a
BGF member and seeking to inspect
their financial reports — an opportunity
BGF says it had previously offered the
complainants.
The largest amounts under the
‘other expenses’ ledger item include
event production costs ($375,642);
accounting and legal fees ($199,741);
client programs ($186,575); and Charitie
House prize money ($125, 750).
Other smaller items include staff
training, administration costs,
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